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Winston Marshall interviews Richard Miniter about the rise of unaccountable elites and the decline of public trust in institutions.

In this episode of The Winston Marshall Show, I sit down with journalist and author Richard Miniter for a sweeping conversation on the rise of the “unaccountable class,” the collapse of institutional trust, and the growing revolt against technocratic elites across the West.Miniter argues that modern society is increasingly dominated by people insulated from the consequences of failure: bureaucrats, managers, academics, media figures, and institutional elites whose power is no longer tied to results or public accountability. We explore how this “unaccountable class” has reshaped politics, culture, business, and even religion, from the managerial revolution of the 20th century to the rise of stakeholder capitalism and the decline of democratic responsiveness.The conversation examines Brexit, the COVID pandemic, and the collapse of public trust in experts and institutions. Miniter explains why so many voters turned against the political establishment, arguing that ordinary people increasingly feel ruled by elites who neither understand nor suffer the consequences of their own decisions.We also discuss the Church of England, progressivism, socialism, and the transformation of Western…

People in this episode

Host: Winston Marshall

Guest: Richard Miniter

Topics covered

• unaccountable elites
• collapse of institutional trust
• political establishment
• public accountability
• impact of AI
• Brexit
• COVID pandemic

Keywords

• unaccountable class
• institutional trust
• technocratic elites
• democratic responsiveness
• collapse of trust
• ordinary people
• elite power
• Western institutions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Church of England, Brexit, COVID, stakeholder capitalism, progressivism, socialism, artificial intelligence

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